Comment by someperson

For what it's worth, this is my first pro-Yandex comment after 17 years on Hacker News.

It's a major tech company service based in Russia, so presumably controlled by the government of Russia.

But the results produces for a query like "watch (obscure movie) online stream" are far better than what Google or Bing produces. If you need to check a scene of a specific episode of an obscure TV show, it's the fastest method (but happy to hear alternatives).

Also, the websites it links to aren't operated by the government of Russia.